Steel short-term outlook August 2022
Report summary
Table of contents
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Demand
- Steel demand in July continued to weaken
- Demand outlook appears gloomy
- Supply
- Trade & Logistics
- Prices
- Demand
- Supply
- Trade
- Prices
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Demand
- Macro uncertainty continues to undermine demand
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Supply
- Rising energy prices continue to squeeze margins for steel producers
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Trade & Logistics
- Russia/Ukraine’s absence leads to diversified imports
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Prices
- European steel market fundamentals have been too weak recently to support a price rise
- Supply
- Supply
- Demand
- Supply
- Trade & Logistics
- Prices
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Demand
- South Korea races ahead in construction investments
- Automotive still has pain in the offing
- Manufacturing – the critical growth determinant
- Steel Costs
- Iron Ore
- Coal
- Scrap
Tables and charts
This report includes 28 images and tables including:
- Utilisation levels (%)
- Steel inventories (Mt)
- Steel Prices (RMB/t)
- Steel margins (RMB/t)
- Auto leading indicators
- Non-residential spending by category*
- Upcoming scheduled maintenances and risked production
- Production and trade (Mt)
- US and China HRC prices and premia
- Russia new car sales
- Russia steel exports in 2021
- Ukraine and Russia crude steel production
- Ukraine steel exports in 2021 (Mt)
- Apparent steel consumption (Mt)
- Inflation levels (%)
- Steel exports (Mt)
- Steel price (INR/t)
- Quarterly steel demand outlook
- Crude steel production (Mt)
- End-Use Indicators
- Growth in property developers’ funding (%)
- Apparent steel consumption (Mt)
- EU passenger car registrations
- Crude steel production (Mt)
- Global HRC prices
- Northern Europe HRC vs Rebar
- Building Construction investment (% year-on-year)
- Civil Engineering investment (% year-on-year)
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